by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is the 68th most popular major in the country with 12,323 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across District of Columbia, there were 43 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. That schools that top this list have a program in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The counselor education/school counseling and guidance services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia. Trinity Washington University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 15 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia. Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Gallaudet University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 13 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full GWU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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